SHAKESPEARE OR HIP HOP?

“To destroy the beauty from which one came.” Jay Z

“Maybe it’s hatred I spew, maybe its food for the spirit.” Eminem

“Men would rather use their broken weapons than their bare hands.” Othello

“I was not born under a rhyming planet.” Much Ado about Nothing

“The most benevolent king communicates through your dreams.” Wu Tang Clan

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE April 23, April 23, 1616 Greatest English playwright. Wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets and two narrative poems. Most referenced English writer. His family was not noble. He did not go to college. He married Anne Hathaway when he was 18. Lord Chamberlain’s Men. Established the Globe Theatre. Plays performed for Queen Elizabeth.

Most of Shakespeare’s plays were shown here. Pit: where the “groundlings” or lower-class sat Tiring rooms: back stage THE GLOBE THEATRE

IAMBIC PENTAMETER Has ten syllables in each line. There are five pairs of alternating unstressed and stressed syllables. The rhythm in each line sounds like: ba-bum / ba-bum / ba-bum / ba-bum / ba-bum He used this form in his plays to mimic the natural rhythms of the English language. “A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!” is a perfect example of iambic pentameter.

SHAKESPEARE'S USE OF LANGUAGE Blank verse- a poetic form that usually uses a metrical pattern known as unrhymed iambic pentameter. Meter- the use of a regular rhythm pattern in language. Prose- the language of everyday, ordinary speech. Iamb- a unit of speech that contains one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one.

Romantic Tragedy: play with a noble protagonist, who is flawed in some way, placed in a stressful situation and ends with a fatal conclusion

Even though Shakespeare is from England, the play takes place in Verona, Italy. During Renaissance (14 th or 15 th century) VERONA, ITALY

Feuding families Like in “The Interlopers,” the families had hated each other for centuries RomeoJuliet CAPULETSMONTAGUES